May 12
- 13, 2008
Westin Hotel, Waltham, MA
Greater Boston

About the Conference

With Technical Assistance from the Department of
Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate, the eighth annual IEEE International Conference on
Technologies for Homeland Security will focus on novel and innovative
technologies, which address the most pressing national security
problems.

The Conference will provide a forum for innovators to
discuss ideas, concepts and findings to date. The conference will bring
together innovators from leading universities, research
laboratories, Homeland Security Centers of Excellence, small
businesses, system integrators and the end user community.

New this year, the Conference will feature parallel
tracks with invited talks in non-overlapping technical sessions. Also,
the Conference will contain a planned session on Detecting and
Protecting Against Terrorist Surveillance.

“The IEEE Conferences has been identified as "the key
Homeland Security conference by the National Science and Technology Council,
Nuclear Defense Research and Development Subcommittee to share with a broad
community the interagency Nuclear Defense Research and Development Roadmap."

keynote Speaker:

Dr. John Marburger

Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science
Advisor to the President

Talk title: "Nuclear Defense Research and Development
- a Roadmap for Interagency Coordination"

Featured Speaker:

Robert Hooks

Background

Our Outstanding Leaders:

The conference will be chaired by Ambassador Henry
Cooper of High Frontier and Chairman of Applied Research Associates,
Inc., Technical Program Chaired by Brig. General (Ret.) Phil Stowell,
Applied Research Associates, and Program Development Chaired by Robert
Hooks, Director of Transition of the US Department of Homeland
Security. They will guide the conference towards solving real, imminent
and developing threats to our Nation.

Networking:

The conference, business panels and technical exhibits
provides an ideal opportunity for developers and implementers of
technologies, consultants, entrepreneurs and business funding sources
interested in the security and critical infrastructure dependability
marketplace to meet with governmental leaders and owners and operators
of major private sector infrastructure.

Sponsored By:

The eighth Conference is sponsored by the Boston Section
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE-USA and
the IEEE Critical Infrastructure Dependability Initiative and organized
and managed by the IEEE Boston Section Homeland Security Conference
Steering Committee

GENERAL THEMES

Transportation Security
focused on Chemical, Biological and High Explosives with special sessions
on Radiological /-Nuclear. Both Transportation focus areas will emphasize
their own specific technology issues with respect to detection,
prevention, response, and recovery.

Infrastructure Protection
and Cyber Security with the emphasis on protecting the financial sector,
communications and electric power networks, focusing on threats to the
chemical and refinery sectors